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Company Use of Shelf Registrations

SafeStitch Medical Inc. (formerly TransEnterix), a manufacturer of robotic surgical technology, used shelf registration to prepare new offerings to correspond with launch plans of a new product. When shelf registrations were expanded pursuant to the release of a new product line, the market responded with a 10% increase in share value. Even though the risk of share dilution was present, the market responded to the favorable news regarding the pending technological advancement.

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